violator said:

Um...no.

JustErin said:

If we ever hookup, I'm gonna freeze some and have you try them.

violator said:

I haven't eaten pork in about 15 years so ya, that's not gonna happen.

But I'll eat something else.







whatever that means

JustErin said:

Well.... I suppose that settles that.

Flowers2 said:

I've NEVER had a chitlin...never will. My family eats all types of weird stuff {deer, gator, racoon etc. not me though } but chitlins was NEVER cooked in my house.

KidaDynamite said:

My mom was shocked when I told her I didn't want to eat that part of Porky: at 6 years old, I always equated eating pork with eating one of Porky Pig's relatives, which didn't bother me, I just decided I didn't want to eat the ugly, stinky parts, hehe.

I've had venison (deer), but not lately. I even eat ostrich imported from New Zealand quite regularly; while it's a bird, but it resembles a filet mignon in taste, color and texture. I just tried it out of curiosity once, and was hooked INSTANTLY.

When I first moved to Florida 20 years ago, there's some old trendy drinking pub in Coconut Grove that sells fried alligator bits served with dipping sauce. As cliche as it sounds, it's another one of those "taste like chicken" kind of appetizers. Texture wise it's almost like having a cross between a McDonald's chicken nugget and fried calamari . I wouldn't run have it again, but as a novelty thing to try with friends at the pub, it was tasty and fun to try.

'Coon scares me, though. Something about them...I just CAN'T

Ottensen said:

oh no.. I won't eat rodent ... the only thing I have eatten as of lately is poultry.. chicken, turkey, fish.. that's it.. I might stick to that after this thread lol..

Flowers2 said:

I've seen on some southern style tv shows where people made jokes about eating raccoon and squirrel...I guess ultimately it's the rodent factor that freaks me out .If I was ever trapped on a desert island I do believe I would simply have to survive on nuts, berries, leaves,and fish. I saw on a SURVIVOR once where folks went for rodents,and I was like " Um, I would seriously have to just stew me some bananna leaves and figure out how to make salt from sea water" because I can't get with with those extremes.

...I'll still tear up a black pepper crusted ostrich filet with chantrelle mushrooms in cabernet sauce, though

How do Chitlins compare to Tripas used in Mexican cooking? Won't eat that either!

Ottensen said:

I'm with you, I'd be an instant vegetarian before I eat rodent .. lol @ the filet ostrich

Ottensen said:

I've never had a ham hock or anything like that. When I used to open the freezer and see this animal all packaged up I KNEW my grandfather's sisters and brothers were in town. I wouldn't eat any of that stuff, shit I barely eat beef.

Ottensen said:

you need to try kangaroo or wallaby

KidaDynamite said:

I've kinda laid off the beef myself.. but I'll tear some ribs up though lol .. I don't eat that too often though

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I used to see tripas in the supermarket at home in Miami...I used to be looking at 'em like this, like "you look familiar " ...I've seen them in soul food, too but not as often as chitlins...Yup, they're about in the same catagory in terms disgusting ancient home cooking that started off as a means of survival for foods in days past

KidaDynamite said:

I'll still eat a ham hock once a year. They're actually a traditional food here in Germany (who knew?) , as well as a whole variety of greens which came as quite the shock when I moved here. They roast hamhocks on a rotisserie and they can be found at the warm meat counters in large supermarkets here. My sister brought her girlfriends here on vacation from Atlanta, and these southern belles were TRIPPING when they saw me making hamhocks and greens all the way over here! I just go to the butcher, get my rotisserie hamhock and cook it with jarred greens (because I'm too lazy to make my greens from scratch).